Half a million Mac users hit by Flashback virus

[marie]

Originally Posted by patd

The Flashback trojan is actually loaded via a Java applet and exploits a Java security vulnerability that was first discovered and patched by Oracle over a month before Apple released their patch.

Don't kid yourselves fellow Mac users - we are FAR from immune from malware and this example is only one of the most public and widespread infections reported. There will be many, many more....

I have Sophos antivirus on my mac, are there better antivirus programs out there?